Mr Paul Macharia and his sisters Winnie Irungu (centre) and Jeniffer
Irungu display a story carried in the Daily Nation early this year about
their father, Fredrick Irungu, who is one of those held captive by
Al-Shabaab. Photo/FILE
NATION MEDIA GROUP
By AFP
Somalia's Islamist fighters have paraded two
prisoners, believed to be Kenyans captured last month after a cross
border raid, witnesses said Monday.
"Hundreds of people came to see the hostages who the Al-Shabaab said were Kenyans," said Ali Moalim, who was among the crowds who gathered Sunday in Jilib, an Islamist-controlled southern Somali region of Lower Juba.
Last month Shabaab fighters attacked a Kenyan police border post, killing five and claiming to have kidnapped two.
"The two men looked miserable," said Abdurahman Isa, another witness, adding that rifles and ammunition allegedly captured at the same time were also paraded alongside the men.
Kenya has been hit by a wave of grenade and gun
attacks since its army invaded Somalia in 2011 to attack the
Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab, who vowed revenge.
Kenyan troops remain in southern Somalia but have since been integrated into an African Union force.
The Shabaab have previously broadcast videos of kidnapped Kenyan soldiers and civil servants.
In the past year the Islamists have been driven
from a string of key towns by AU and allied Somali forces but they still
remain a potent threat.
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